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ISBN: 978-0-443-06939-0
Page count: 1122
Publisher: Churchill
Publication year: 2009
Myles Textbook for Midwives, recognised as the leading international textbook for midwives, has been fully updated with recent guidelines, protocols and research evidence, and with updated illustrations. This edition has a new chapter on emotion work and focuses on normality, whilst equipping midwives to recognise and respond to complexity in childbearing and parenthood.
This 15th edition features a free website providing:
* Bank of multiple-choice questions for self-testing
* Illustrations from the book, with and without labels, for student and instructor use
This is the midwifery textbook of choice throughout the world!
Key Features
- Focus on woman-friendly care
- Women’s stories to highlight good practice
- Colour photographs identify problem conditions and illustrate breastfeeding positions
- Focuses on normality whilst equipping midwives to handle complexity
Table of contents:
SECTION 1 Midwifery
1 The Midwife
2 The Emotional Context of Midwifery
3 The Social Context of Childbirth and Motherhood
4 Woman-Centred, Midwife-Friendly Care: Principles, Patterns and Culture of Practice
5 Ethics in Midwifery
6 Evidence-Based Practice
7 The History and Regulation of Midwifery
SECTION 2 Human Anatomy and Reproduction
8 The Female Pelvis and the Reproductive Organs
9 The Female Urinary Tract
10 Hormonal Cycles: Fertilisation and Early Development
11 The Placenta
12 The Fetus
SECTION 3 Pregnancy
13 Preparing for Pregnancy
14 Change and Adaptation in Pregnancy
15 Parent Education: a New Dimension
16 Special Exercises for Pregnancy, Labour and the Puerperium
17 Antenatal Care
18 Abnormalities of Early Pregnancy
19 Problems of Pregnancy
20 Common Medical Disorders Associated with Pregnancy
21 Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy
22 Sexually Transmissible and Reproductive Tract Infections in Pregnancy
23 Multiple Pregnancy
24 Specialised Fetal Investigations
SECTION 4 Labour
25 The First Stage of Labour: Physiology and Early Care
26 The First Stage of Labour: Management
27 Pain Relief and Comfort in Labour
28 Transition and the Second Stage of Labour
29 Physiology and Management of the Third Stage of Labour
30 Prolonged Pregnancy and Disorders of Uterine Action
31 Malpositions of the Occiput and Malpresentations
32 Operative Deliveries
33 Midwifery and Obstetric Emergencies
SECTION 5 THE Puerperium
34 Physiology and Care in the Puerperium
35 Physical Problems and Complications in the Puerperium
36 The Psychology and Psychopathology of Pregnancy and Childbirth
37 Family Planning
38 Bereavement and Loss in Maternity Care
SECTION 6 The Newborn Baby
39 The Baby at Birth
40 The Normal Baby
41 Feeding
42 The Healthy Low Birthweight Baby
43 Recognising the Ill Baby
44 Respiratory Problems
45 Trauma during Birth; Haemorrhage and Convulsions
46 Congenital Abnormalities
47 Jaundice and Infection
48 Metabolic Problems, Endocrine Disorders and Drug Withdrawal
SECTION 7 The Context of Midwifery Practice
49 Pharmacology and Childbirth
50 Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Maternity Care
51 Community, Public Health and Social Services
52 Supervision of Midwives and Clinical Governance
53 Risk Management
54 Organisation of the Health Services in the United Kingdom
55 International Midwifery
56 Maternal and Perinatal Health, Mortality and Statistics
